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CVE-2015-8930

bsdtar in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an ISO with a directory that is a member of itself.

Published

2016-09-20T14:15:17.073

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_desktop	12	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_server	12	Yes
Operating System	suse	linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	12	Yes
Application	libarchive	libarchive	≤ 3.1.901a	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91339 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/522 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1844.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3657 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91339 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3033-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/47-Many-invalid-memory-access-issues-in-libarchive.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/522 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)